A ghost storyteller can lose his life but cannot lose his job

Chapter 39 Report to the captain: six people should be missing, but nine are actually missing!

The interior of the villa was pitch black, with only the special forces' headlamps serving as a source of light. In the room, the two fluttering old bugs found their foothold again and lurked in the corner of the ceiling.

"Lin Yi, don't move." Zhong Xie stared at the two old bugs, "Babyface, walk to the door along the wall."

Lin nodded solemnly, while the baby-faced boy on the other side noticed the strange insect flying to the side corner of the room. He immediately followed Zhong Xie's instructions, stuck close to the outer wall, and quickly came to the door.

Lin Yi, who had been standing in front of the cabinet, might not have seen it clearly, but Zhong Xie, who was standing at the door, witnessed the whole process.

The three old bugs flew out of the cabinet, and then Lin Yi turned around. At the same time, one of the old bugs suddenly disappeared while flying, and Lin Yi's body suddenly froze.

Zhong Xie knew that it must be some action of Lin Yi that triggered the strange mechanism of the old man worm, but which specific action it was remained to be investigated.

"This bug seems to have drilled into my body." Lin Yi did not act rashly and calmly reported his situation.

"I know, listen to my command." Zhong Xie said tentatively, "Li Ding, turn around."

Lin Yi understood and did it without hesitation, not caring at all whether it would attract new old bugs and aggravate his symptoms.

However, the two old bugs were still hovering in the corner, without any movement.

What triggered the old man worm's ability was not turning around, but something else.

"There is a situation."

Voices calling for friends were heard, and other people on the first floor gathered around.

Lin Yi informed the captain and others about the abnormality in himself and reminded them to pay attention to this special bug in the cupboard.

"Do you suspect that these bugs have entered your ears or even your brain?" The captain frowned. There was no condition for X-ray vision in this place, and they had not heard the coughing sound that Lin Yi mentioned in other rooms.

As soon as he noticed something unusual, Lin Yi took the initiative to inform everyone of the situation. This was not some brainless horror movie where you pretend nothing is wrong even though you clearly feel something is wrong, for fear that your companions will burn you as a heretic.

Things like "hallucination", "psychological effect", "you are too tired" are common reasons in horror movies and will never appear among the battle-hardened special forces soldiers. It is definitely not wrong to report anything unusual first.

"Xiao Gao, take a picture." The special operations team leader said decisively, "The team doctor will relieve Lin Yi's symptoms."

Xiao Gao released his second strange story, which was a small red Polaroid camera. He stood at the door of the room and took pictures of the interior, waiting for the pictures to develop.

The doll figure on the team doctor's shoulder raised his hand and continuously splashed white light on Lin Yi.

"No, there is no way to weaken the insect's strange power. I can't sense the existence of the strange." The team doctor felt something was wrong. His strange power could directly and accurately find the strange creatures and eliminate their strange power. This trick could effectively alleviate the damage caused by the strange power.

At this time, the photo was also formed. Xiao Gao was also puzzled: "There are only two strange things in the room, the two bugs in the corner and the one that entered Lin Yi's brain... Why can't the camera sense it?"

Photos can clearly show the number of ghost stories, even if they are hiding in the mind, unless the ghost story creature has an extremely strong hiding type entry, or its level is much higher than the camera.

This is impossible, after all, the other two bugs have successfully appeared.

"The mouse was dead when you opened the cabinet door?" Zhong Xie confirmed this question with Lin Yi. He needed to determine the source of the strange story first.

Although the bugs in the room are obviously strange, it is also possible that mice spread this strange rumor to the bugs, which is not uncommon.

"The mouse is dead. It's just an ordinary mouse." The old man's coughing in Lin Yi's mind kept repeating. It sounded like countless people adding him as their QQ friend, and it was getting louder and louder. However, he still tried to stay rational and sober, using his willpower to fight against the interference of the insects.

"Try taking a step to the left and then a step forward." Zhong Xie recalled all of Lin Yi's actions just now.

The special operations captain also chose to trust without hesitation: "Do as you are told."

So Lin nodded and did as he was told. After taking a step to the left, one old man worm disappeared. After taking a step forward, another old man worm disappeared.

"hiss--"

Lin Yi took a deep breath. He could feel two more bugs entering his brain. The three consecutive coughing sounds made him unbearable for a moment. He lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"The symptoms have worsened. He won't be able to hold on for much longer." The team doctor looked at Zhong Xie, "Have you thought of a solution?"

He knew that Lin Yi was sacrificing himself to help Zhong Xie verify the mechanism of triggering the ghost story, but it was unknown whether it would be effective. If no solution could be found, this would undoubtedly accelerate Lin Yi's death.

"So that's how it is. Does it have something to do with 'time'?" Zhong Xie suddenly realized. He took out a bottle of insecticide from the snakeskin bag that Kuster was carrying, walked into the center of the room and took off the protective mask on Lin Yi's head.

The three bugs are all in Lin Yi's brain, so he doesn't have to worry about getting caught.

Seeing Zhong Xie taking off his protective mask, Lin Yi was startled instinctively and subconsciously wanted to block Zhong Xie's hand, but Zhong Xie's hand speed was not comparable to his. His arm flexibly bypassed his hand to take off the mask, and then raised the mask to cover the area outside the ears to prevent the insecticide from spraying on his face.

"laugh--"

Zhong Xie pressed the insecticide several times and sprayed it all into Lin Yi's ears. Then he asked, "Are there still insects chirping?"

Seeing Lin Yi stunned, Zhong Xie couldn't help but frown, then relaxed his brows and turned Lin Yi's head over: "That's the other ear."

"What are you doing?!"

After a brief moment of shock, the other team members immediately came up to stop Zhong Xie's behavior. Such a crazy move was simply poisoning their teammates.

"Wait!" Lin Yi shook his head, his face showing surprise, "The sound of insects has really disappeared!"

He looked at the insecticide in Zhong Xie's hand: "Are you talking about parasitic weirdness?"

It’s so magical, the medicine can cure any disease immediately. I guess only ghost stories can have such an effect, right?
"No, it's just insecticide bought from the store." Zhong Xie put the insecticide back into the snakeskin bag, and said as a matter of course, "Isn't it normal for insecticide to kill bugs?"

Is it normal?
It is indeed normal, but why does it work on such strange insects?

These bugs may not even have physical bodies, but they can enter the human brain in the blink of an eye.

"Rules, rules. I've said that Miss Black Goat's rules will make everything reasonable. Isn't it natural for pesticides to kill insects?" Zhong Xie shook his head helplessly.

The team doctor stepped forward to check Lin Yi's ear canal: "The insecticide sprayed into the ear canal still needs to be cleaned, right?"

Zhong Xie shook his head: "It's already said to be an insecticide, so it won't have any effect on 'people'. Just make sure to wash it off before leaving Wangcheng."

To be honest, you are the worst class I have ever taught.

When Lin Youlan looked at the treasure bag that the golden bear was holding, she suddenly understood why Zhong Xie had prepared so many things.

However...if Zhong Xie thinks these things are useful, then according to Zhong Xie's estimation, how many times will their team be attacked?
After this incident, everyone in the team was convinced of Zhong Xie as their guide. His previous strange behavior now seemed to be far-sighted and unconventional.

"I didn't expect that only ordinary insecticides are needed to get rid of them." The captain was a little emotional. He had just made the worst plan and wanted to let his giant monster-type ghost stories try to see if they could use the ghost story force to directly melt the bugs in Lin Yi's mind.

There will indeed be some brain damage, but it is better than the situation getting worse and being killed by the chirping of insects.

He had no good way to deal with this kind of emergency, because ghost stories continued the consistent development characteristics of human beings.

High attack and weak defense, it has strong combat capability against specific strange creatures, but this kind of thing that inexplicably drills into your brain...

It is difficult to solve except with pesticides.

"What is the operating mechanism of this insect? You should have figured it out, right?" The captain looked at Zhong Xie. Zhong Xie's words just now represented some verification for him.

"Time, or rather, trajectory." Zhong Xie nodded. "Lin Yi appeared on the trajectory that the bug had flown along. His head 'captured' the bug from the past time period, so the bug remained in his brain."

He continued, "The team doctor cannot sense the ghost story, and Xiao Gao's camera cannot capture the worm in Lin Yi's brain, because it does not exist in the 'present'. After the ghost story is activated, it goes to the 'past' and becomes entangled with Lin Yi."

"Time?" The captain smelled something ominous. Could a few random insects in this villa be related to the power of "time"?
How to defend against something like flight trajectory?

Without the insecticide that Zhong Xie brought, a few bugs might have been enough to kill a large number of people in their team.

This strange creature that is almost impossible to counteract actually appears in the so-called "safe zone"?

"It's just not clear how long the bugs can affect us. Now it seems that it can't be infinite, otherwise the whole room might be their flight path, and once they come in, they will invade their bodies."

Zhong Xie walked back to the living room: "Did you find anything else? Or are these the only bugs on the first floor?"

The special operations team leader reported the situation to the tour guide: "Apart from the bugs, there is nothing special. Judging from the traces at the scene, this family must have suddenly learned about the resurgence of ghost stories and fled here without even packing up their belongings."

On the other side, Shen Junyi drew out his saber, and spots of light appeared in the air, and then gathered towards the tip of the saber. He closed his eyes and felt it, then said: "There is no condensed ghost story power on the first floor, only a small number of scattered ghost story entities, which should be ghost story creatures similar to insects. No ghost story incidents have yet occurred here."

"Does your knife have an entry for detecting the distribution of ghost story power?" The special forces captain looked at Shen Junyi. This kind of entry is still very rare, and it is even rarer to find it on a low-level ghost story user.

Even Xiao Gao's Polaroid camera didn't have such an efficient method of investigation.

The cost of activating this ability is relatively high. It was probably Lin Yi’s experience that made Shen Junyi decide to trigger the ability to see what was going on on the first floor.

"Well, it consumes a lot of my own ghost story power, so I didn't use it immediately when I came in. I'm sorry." Shen Junyi admitted that this was indeed his mistake.

The special forces captain shook his head: "It's okay, go to the second floor and try it again later. I will have someone protect you, so you don't have to insist on fighting."

He did not blame others. After all, the two people who joined the team were strictly speaking "newcomers", and his team would not rely too much on newcomers.

The guide is not new.

Several people went up to the second floor along the spiral escalator. The space on the second floor was also very large. Several corridors were connected at the staircase entrance, forming a dazzling depth. The doors of the rooms were closed in rows, and it looked a bit eerie just by looking at them without turning on the lights.

"The power of ghost stories has become stronger. I can no longer sense those scattered ghost story auras." Shen Junyi waved his sword again to sense the surroundings. This time, his windbreaker moved without wind, and a solid light golden protective shield appeared around him.

As expected, there are entries for protection, and they are this kind of energy-type shield. Bugs like the one on the first floor just now can hardly affect Shen Junyi, because this kind of energy shield can directly isolate all strange forces.

This kind of protective shield does not simply spread the strange power evenly around for protection, but uses a special flow route to isolate the entry of external strange power.

Entries with strong defensive capabilities basically start in black, and if they have some special effects, they will probably be silver.

For ghost story users, offensive entries are easier to obtain than defensive ones, and there are many more offensive ghost stories than defensive ones.

I really envy these kryptonians. It feels so good to choose five stars by yourself.

Zhong Xie witnessed this scene and felt deeply moved.

It took him three years to get this Kuster. If he could choose by himself, he would definitely choose the fragrant and soft Miss Black Goat.

"There is no sign of triggering a strange incident. Could it be that the team trapped here has solved the problem?"

The vice-captain who possessed the giant-type ghost story tried to walk up and down the escalator to see if there was a barrier, but was not blocked.

Until now, speculation about the cause of the team's disappearance is still a ghost story, and normally it is only a ghost story.

"Send the location of this manor to the headquarters. It seems that there is a high-level ghost story hidden there. We will start investigating next." The special operations captain instructed the deputy captain, and then said to Zhong Xie and the other two in the team, "The second floor may be dangerous. You can wait here first."

"It might be more dangerous if we separate." Lin Youlan shook her head and looked at Zhong Xie and Shen Junyi.

In a strange and bizarre environment, would you rather follow a battle-hardened special forces team or act alone?
You must have watched horror movies, right?

Shen Junyi nodded slightly to show his agreement, while Zhong Xie spread his hands and said, "I have no objection." His focus was now on the communicator.

The deputy captain turned on the communicator and sent the briefing to the headquarters, but due to the weak signal in the area, he could only confirm that he had sent the message but did not receive any response.

Zhong Xie counted the time silently in his mind. He was now beginning to wonder what would happen in two minutes.

The captain gave the order and the group set out to enter the second floor: "Shrink the formation, be careful not to disperse, and slow down the search progress."

The man with the scissor-head beside him also took a vigilant fighting stance and walked in front, with a circle of special forces members behind him, and in the center were Zhong Xie and the other two.

The team's steps gradually went deeper into the second floor of the villa. The air here had a smell of decay. The doors of all the rooms on the corridor were closed. Scissor Head tried to open the rooms. These rooms were all decorated like guest rooms. There was nothing to be found except that they were covered with dust.

Those three old bugs were the only creatures Zhong Xie had seen so far. There was no sign of human activity in the entire villa. He finally counted to two minutes and turned to look around him.

At the same time, something strange happened in the team. The deputy captain who was originally carrying the communicator suddenly disappeared.

"The deputy captain is missing!" The baby-faced guy was standing next to the deputy captain and reminded everyone immediately, while everyone else looked towards the place where the deputy captain had been.

Only Zhong Xie looked at the special operations captain in front of the team with interest:
"Captain, I suddenly discovered a problem. You seem to have forgotten something."

"You are the Wolf Team that is asking for help."

"So next we'll all disappear together."

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